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diff --git a/sys-process/parallel/metadata.xml b/sys-process/parallel/metadata.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..666f249115b9 --- /dev/null +++ b/sys-process/parallel/metadata.xml @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd"> +<pkgmetadata> +<maintainer type="person"> + <email>ryoichiro.suzuki@gmail.com</email> + <name>Ryoichiro Suzuki</name> +</maintainer> +<maintainer type="project"> + <email>proxy-maint@gentoo.org</email> + <name>Proxy Maintainers</name> +</maintainer> +<longdescription lang="en"> +GNU parallel is a shell tool for executing jobs in parallel locally or +using remote machines. A job is typically a single command or a small +script that has to be run for each of the lines in the input. The +typical input is a list of files, a list of hosts, a list of users, a +list of URLs, or a list of tables. + +If you use xargs today you will find GNU parallel very easy to use as +GNU parallel is written to have the same options as xargs. If you +write loops in shell, you will find GNU parallel may be able to +replace most of the loops and make them run faster by running several +jobs in parallel. If you use ppss or pexec you will find GNU parallel +will often make the command easier to read. +</longdescription> +</pkgmetadata> |